Last for turn shoes



Aug. 18, 1931. J. v. REED 1,819,121

LAST FOR TURN SHOES Filed June 22, 1928 Patented Aug. 18, 1931 marsh stares PIA-Tear JOSEPH v. REED, or NEW YORK, N. Y., Assn-non, BY MESNE assrennrinrsdro 1mm snon MACHINERY CORPORATION, or PATnason, new JERSEY, A conronagrron. or

NEW JERSEY Application filed June 22,

This invention relates to shoe lasts and in particular to lasts for use in relasting turn shoes.

The second lasting operation on turn 5 shoes, that is, the insertion of the last after the shoe is turned, is attended with some difficulty, in that the upper and lining have to be stretched to a considerable degree to shape them after turning and the last has therefore to be forced into the shoe under considerable pressure. It is the common practice to put the last into the shoe as far as possible and then to hold the shoe in the hand by its waist portion and to hammer the upper part of the heel end of the last on the bench in order to force the last completely into the shoe and to permit drawing the counter portion of the shoe up over the heel of the last.

The upper part of the heel end of a womans last is rather thin, and this practice damages many lasts, crushing and splintering; the portion mentioned.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a last for turn shoe making which shall obviate, among others, the above described disadvantages. Accordingly, I have provided a last having a piece of material, considerably harder than the wood of which the main body of the last is made, inserted in the upper part of the heel end of the last, and extending a substantial distance from the upper end of the heel toward the tread surface of the heel. To secure economy this reinforcing piece is preferably distinct from the reinforcement used along the fiat conetop of the last to protect the last from damage in the heeling machine. The illustrated last is also provided with the customary channel or hole for the heel attaching screw,

located back of the thimble.

These and other features of the invention will be better understood from the following description of a preferred embodiment shown in the drawing which shows a side elevation of a last, partly in section.

The last shown is a block last and comprises a main body 10 with a detachable block 12, as will be well understood. The

main body is provided with a jack pin thiminsert 20.

LAST ron Tenn snons lees. -S eriai No.;2 87,411,

ble 14, and the upper "surface of the cone may be reinforced at 16 with a strip of fiber or leather or any. of the well-known'icombinations of strips of are two. l The upper rear end of the last is recessed shown at 18. J'The recess extends a considerable."distance.down the rear end of the last, preferably one third or more" of the height of the heel end. This recess is preferably. formed by" a' transversevertical and a horizontal longitudinal cut as shown. The horizontal cut is, in the last shown, at an acute angle to the vertical cut to assist in preventing displacement of thelfillerfpiece which is to be inserted in the "-recessithus formed; In the illustratedlast the "height of tne recess is about two thirds of the height of the heel end. The depth of the recess, as shown,is about A inchat the top and' inch at the bottom. The contour of theheel end of the lastis filled outwith a filler piece or insert 20, whichis fastened to the main body of the last in any convenient way such as by dowels 22, 22. Any suitable material, more resistant to blows than the wood of which the last is made, maybe used for the T have found fiber cheap and Very desirable. The reinforcing strip 16 abuts against the upper end of the insert 20.

The illustrated last is also provided with a heel attaching screw hole 24 reinforced at its upper end by a metallic thimble 26 to avoid wear and crushing-in of the sides of the hole under the pounding experienced by the last.

The last is used in exactly the same way as above described, the fiber insert 20 taking the violent blows necessary to force the last into the turned shoe, without damage to the last.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A wooden last having in its rear end a recess beginning at a point in the upper surface of the cone and running directly from the upper surface of the cone toward the bottom and having a filler piece of harder material than wood in the recess shaped to the normal heel contour of the last.

2. A wooden last having in its rear end a substantially vertical recess With an acute angled lower end extending from the top of the cone toward the bottom a distance of more than one third the height of the rear end of the last and having va piece of fiber rigidly :Zfastened in the recess andshaped "to the normal heel contour of the last. I

3. A Wooden last having a heel attachingscreWhole extending downwardly and forwardly from the rear end of the top of the cone to the bottom of the heel end, a reinforcing metal thimble in the upper end of the said hole, the last having also a substantially vertical recess in the heel end to the rear of the said hole and thirnble, formed by a transverse vertical cut extending from the upper surface oftheconedownwardly to a point less than two :thirds the height of the heel end from :the 'bottom of the :heel end and a longitudinal horizontal cut extending from the rear end surface of the last to the bottom of the first-mentioned cut and vat an acute :angle thereto, and a filler piece iof' fiber fastened rigidly in the recess andshaped to .the "normal contour of the last heelien t. .A Wooden lastlhaving .a fiber insert at the .upper part of its rear end, extending downwardly from the .top of :the cone over arslibstantial portion-of the rear 'end of the last, the lasthaving .alsona reinforcing plate attached .to :the .upperasurfface of the cone'and abutting ,theisaid insert at its rear end.

.In testimony whereof I have signed my .nameiito this specification.

JOSE-PH V. REED. 

